If I ever write a book or article about stupid spelling mistakes people make, I'm going to call it "There is no e in lightning."

I saw a great new word yesterday: thinko. Like typo, except that the error was in your thinking. I like it.

I started writing down words that I don't know, so that I can look them up. Okay, I wrote down one word from the book I started reading this morning. Character & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card. The word is fillip. I haven't actually looked it up yet. I'm not even supposed to be on here right now, but I just had to vent a little about finding lightening twice in the stuff I'm proofreading when lightning was intended. I told myself I would proofread three lessons out of the thirteen I have to do today before I'd let myself get on LiveJournal. So, no reading posts until then.

Re: Lightening

Re: Lightening

I so hate to say this, but there are dictionaries that - *cringe* - accept both pronunciations. :( Real dictionaries (I want to say Merriam-Webster, but I could be wrong and don't have one on hand to check), not just online collections from various weird sources. That doesn't mean I think it's right, just that some "legitimate" sources accept it. :(